In the interests of intellectual exchange, the author explores the world of shoes in an attempt to inform and entertain. Wednesday, May 6, 2015. the sandal, the monk, the moccasin, the mule, the clog, the pump, the boot and the lacing shoe. Saturday, May 2, 2015. The Cult of the Virgin Mary and the celebration of female form. Clever shoemakers were encouraged by their patrons to device a safer.

Divination holds a strong fascination and from antiquity images of feet and shoes have been used as good luck talismen. No satisfactory explanation has ever been proffered. The purpose of this blog is to record some of the better known foot and shoe superstitions in an attempt to promote better understanding. Sunday, December 31, 2017. The origins and practice of hogmanay. The origins and practice of hogmanay. The Festival of the Dead. Samhain was a time where darkness of ni.

A brief history of social dance custom and shoe costume. Wednesday, April 1, 2015. Come Clog Dancing Flash Mob, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Wednesday, March 25, 2015. Brief history of skating shoes. Call me an old couch potato but come the Olympics, summer or winter you will always find me transfixed to the box watching the beach volleyball and the figure skating, respectively. I blame my hormones myself, but the spectacle of the body beautiful is just compulsive viewing. Developed the two plate all metal blade.

Friday, June 26, 2015. Wednesday, June 10, 2015. The foot and shoe are inexorably linked to sex. Wednesday, May 13, 2015.

Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Iggy Pop - John Peel Lecture 2014. Monday, August 10, 2015. Delia Derbyshire - Sculptress of Sound. Saturday, August 1, 2015. The Story Of Sister Rosetta Tharpe 01. Wednesday, July 29, 2015. John martyn tell them im somebody else part one.